Export data of the Turkish defense industry for 2022 has been announced. According to the report, Turkey, which increased between the beginning and the end of 2022, sold the most air defense products. The fact that the products of the Turkish defense industry were so appreciated in the foreign market made both the companies and their engineers happy. Here are the Turkish defense industry export data for 2022 with all the details…
Increase in all quarters of 2022!
First of all, let’s share the data of how much sales were made in which month from January to December of 2022. Here are the export amounts on a monthly basis for 2022.
- $306.7 billion in January
- $325.1 billion in February
- $327 billion in March
- $392.1 billion in April
- $330.4 billion in May
- $315 billion in June
- $325.7 billion in July
- $333.9 billion in August
- $166.5 billion in September
- $464.5 billion in October
- In November, 503.2 billion dollars
(December 2022 data is not included in this list as it will be shared with the first quarter of 2023.)
The most exported products of the Turkish defense industry belong to air defense!
Turkey’s best-selling defense industry products belong to air defense systems in 2022. This large share, especially created by UAVs and SİHAs, corresponds to 24.5 percent. That means 871.4 million dollars. The increase in exports in this area compared to 2021 was 91.3 percent.
![They couldn't keep it in the hangar any longer: Hürjet also got on the runway and took a taxi! [Video]](https://ares.shiftdelete.net/2023/03/hurjet-piste-cikip-motor-calistirdi-1-2-640x360.jpg)
They couldn’t keep it in the hangar any longer: Hürjet also got on the runway and took a taxi! [Video]
After the MMilli Combat Aircraft (MMU-TF-X) and Anka-3 / MİUS, Hürjet also left the hangar and taxied. Here are those moments…
Missile and ammunition systems follow the export champion. With an increase of 171 percent compared to 2021, a total revenue of 443.7 million dollars was obtained in the first 11 months of 2022. This is followed by land vehicles with an increase of 49.9 percent with $428.2 million.
In the forecasts made in 2023, it is expected that the air defense will take the biggest share. It is stated that there will be great interest in the training aircraft HürJet and the National Combat Aircraft, for which new taxi tests are carried out. In addition, all this also applies to the newly produced Anka3.
When all these increases and sales rates are combined, Turkey made an export of 3.7 billion dollars in total in the 11 months of 2022. Do you think this amount is enough? Can Turkey increase this amount in 2023? Don’t forget to share your views with us!